Maya Gottfried's Blog

• Because, because, because, because, because....

  October 15, 2009

  • My cousin's grandmother was a "Lady" in England. As in royalty. Not the grandmother that we shared, but his other grandmother, on his mother's side. In my young mind she belonged to that magical royal realm of princes and princesses that I associated more with fairy tales than with financial gluttony and scandal. I used to wonder if the fact that she was his grandmother somehow made ...
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• Call for... agents?

  July 13, 2009

  • Hey all:Who knew it was so hard to find an agent? Well, I guess most of us did.I'm trying to find someone to represent my writing for adults, and am not really getting anywhere... it's tough to get folks' attention! I've written 2 books for Knopf Books for Young Readers (which both have won awards), and have a 3rd children's book, Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary, due out in the ...
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• Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary (Knopf Books for Young Readers) February, 2010

  May 24, 2009

  • Hey everyone:Well now that the cover art is up on Amazon, I'd like to share with you that I have a new book for children, slated for publication via Knopf Books for Young Readers in the Spring of 2010. Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary celebrates the beautiful non-human animal residents of Farm Sanctuary, a national organization devoted to protecting farm animals. Once again I ...
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